EMERGENCY services were called to yet another
quad bike incident on the A444.
The campaign, in cooperation with Dubai Tourist Police, targeted 23 different camping sites fitted with
quad bike circuits and sensitised the owners of tourist camps to provide safety tools and equipment when renting
quad bikes.
The man, in his 30s, was riding on a
quad bike in Wheatley Hill, County Durham when he fell off and suffered a life-threatening head injury.
A spokesman for South Wales Police said: "A male - believed to be the rider of the
quad bike - has been taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries."
If police confiscate a
quad bike, then the owner must pay Dhs50,000 to recover his or her bike, or after three months it will be sold at auction.
However, it can be extremely risky to hire a
quad bike as a means of transport to get around resorts and to use on main roads.
The woman died instantly when she fell off the
quad bike and smashed her head on a steel part of the vehicle while trying to climb sand dunes, a tragedy which could have been averted had she been supplied with the correct safety equipment.
"The regulations on
quad bike have been there since 2009, but our initial efforts to control the operations were not successful.
He added: "The construction of this
quad bike circuit is intended to bolster other external efforts to curtail the negative phenomena resulting from negligence and wrong practices of quad biking.
"The owner of a
quad bike is responsible for the safety of the rider, making sure the rider is of the correct age and that they follow correct and legal driving practices," said Major Al Dossary.
Bahrain's police have launched a crackdown on
quad bikes following a string of complaints from motorists and pedestrians.
It identified collisions with fixed objects, another
quad bike or other vehicles, and rollovers as the major forms of accidents involving
quad bike.